According to a UN report，one third of the world population have no            to clean drinking water and health care.

A.means                              B.approach                          C.channel              D.access

— So you missed the meeting．　

— ______. I got there five minutes before it finished.

A. Not at all　　　　　　　　 B. Not exactly 　　　　　　 C. Not especially 　　　　 D. Not in the least

— I’m fed up with this rain. How I wish to go hiking this weekend!

— Forget it. I’m afraid the wet days will _____.

A. hold up　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. keep up　　　　　　　　　 C. take up　　　　　　　　　 D. turn up

 The workers insist that the company should take _____ measures to improve their working condition.

A. attractive      B. effective         C. impressive      D. conservative

 I wish I could offer you another cup of coffee but there’s _____ left.

A. nothing         B. none          C. nobody        D. no one

 _____ that quite a lot of people were out of work.

A. So became serious the global economic crisis

B. So serious became the global economic crisis

C. So serious did the global economic crisis become

D. Serious the global economic crisis became so

 We keep the belief that the bright future ______ to those who are well educated.

A. is belonging    B. is belonged    C. will be longed    D. belongs

 ---I’ll ask the teacher about past tense. I’m very puzzled about it.

   --- That is just _____ most of our classmates have doubt.

A.      what        B. why       C. where       D. how

 Don’t you think this sweater is too tight ____ the shoulder?

A. through        B. across         C. on     D. over

 But for your timely help, I ________ the project as scheduled.

A. couldn’t complete      B. couldn’t have finished    C. can’t have finished  D.can’t finish